Weary Will Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GDGD HIJI KDKD LMLM| The strongest creature for his size | A |
| But least equipped for combat | B |
| That dwells beneath Australian skies | A |
| Is Weary Will the Wombat | B |
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| He digs his homestead underground | C |
| He's neither shrewd nor clever | D |
| For kangaroos can leap and bound | C |
| But wombats dig forever | D |
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| The boundary rider's netting fence | E |
| Excites his irritation | F |
| It is to his untutored sense | E |
| His pet abomination | F |
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| And when to pass it he desires | G |
| Upon his task he'll centre | D |
| And dig a hole beneath the wires | G |
| Through which the dingoes enter | D |
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| And when to block the hole they strain | H |
| With logs and stones and rubble | I |
| Bill Wombat digs it out again | J |
| Without the slightest trouble | I |
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| The boundary rider bows to fate | K |
| Admits he's made a blunder | D |
| And rigs a little swinging gate | K |
| To let Bill Wombat under | D |
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| So most contentedly he goes | L |
| Between his haunt and burrow | M |
| He does the only thing he knows | L |
| And does it very thorough | M |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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